A major instructional strategy is to provide concrete and "true to life" vehicles for graduate students in various fields of education as they approach the task of learning the abstract concepts in educational statistics. An IBM 360/40 computer is used to increase individualized efforts in these courses. (LBH)

Describes a curriculum segment designed for a high school level introductory anthropology course which illustrates the application of considerations of materials suitable for students, anthropological concepts and methods which best assist students in understanding relationship patterns, and teaching techniques which lead to successful…

The goal of student competence in performing and understanding physical examination earlier in their medical education seems to be working in a restructured course replacing lectures with physical diagnosis, videotapes and slide-tapes of physical findings, and with tutorial "hands-on" examining-practice sessions taught by internal medicine…

A reciprocal course in French and English is described. English and French students attend for two weeks with alternate days in each language. Administrative details, instruction procedures and materials are outlined. (CHK)

Used simulation to increase students' empathy toward changes that occur as a concomitant of human aging, in a quasi-experiment of an undergraduate "Introduction to Gerontology" course. Discusses the self-selection method by which student experiments are designed; simulations done; and some of the results. (Author/KS)

A course for teaching an advanced undergraduate course on the psychology of adult development and aging is described and evaluated. Course goals, content, and format are discussed. Students generally viewed the course favorably. (RM)

Workshop Way is described: a scientific educational system that organizes time, materials, and strategies so as to permit students to develop and maintain positive feelings as persons and learners, and to handle new material without fear of failure. (Author/MLW)

Briefly reviews the history, for sociology graduate teaching assistants in the United States, of training for college teaching. Describes the Michigan State University program, which has evolved over a 14-year period and includes workshop goals and objectives, the agenda, and evaluations by participants. (JDH)

An experiential model of learning used in a graduate level psychology counseling course to help students develop group leadership skills is described. Students view a videotape depicting scenes that require an intervention. The scenes describe events leading to a choice point, and some kind of leader action is required. (RM)

In guided design, students are led through the process of solving open-ended problems in "slow motion." Steps in the decision making involved in and examples of guided design projects in a physical science course are outlined and discussed. Comments on student evaluation of the course are included. (JN)

A profile of quantitative methods courses in public administration is presented. Most of these courses use one of two models of learning--the concept attainment model or the nondirective model. How a third and more promising method--the inquiry training model--has been used in the authors' course is described. (RM)

Discusses the advantages of using the unstructured group in teaching interpersonal communication and notes the learning processes which take place specifically in this type of group experience. (MH)

In order to provide University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy students with some of the attitudes and skills needed to communicate a structured presentation, a course titled "Audiovisual Techniques of Scientific Presentation" was designed and implemented. Immediate success among students is described. (LBH)